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i'm pamela brown in for cynne simpson this morning. >> and steve chenevey. let's go straight to jacqui jeras. after the storm blow -- blew through yesterday hopefully a change is coming. >> we will clear it out and cool it off a little bit as well. we do have a little bit of cloudiness. the first snap -- this shows you all the storms they blew on through. it was nasty for a while. 60 mile an hour wind gust reported that reagan national. look at the clearing line. it is getting close so watch for that. get weight -- give way to sunshine. pleasant autumn temperatures about five degrees cooler than it should be but warmer by the end of the week. sunshine this afternoon, 71 by 5:00. more on the seven-today in just a minute. >> we are going to head out to the roads. a couple of things breaking on interstate 95 in virginia. just happening so i did not have a chance to make a map.

car fire, northbound route 1 in woodbridge. and then beyond that, in lorton we have a stalled car. we are overhead. here we go heading out of the fair oaks avenue -- area, 66 east building up toward the the metro. and we will be sending a chopper around interstate 95 in a moment. also an accident eastbound told road good about what. pamela and steve, back to you. >> back to the weather because the rain and wind left behind a big mess. >> a lot of places. but some hit pretty hard. the storm brought down some big trees, damaging homes and cars in chevrolet, where brianne carter is. >> in this cheverly neighborhood, this house missing an awning -- this is the

culprit, a large tree. a similar scene at many homes throughout the area. communities clean up this morning after storms stretching all across the region. >> i looked out the front window and i saw that the front of my perch was down. there is glass and everything. >> she will now be out of her home for some time after a tree came crashing down, with extensive roof and will damage. >> it is not trustworthy to be there. >> this father and son narrowly escaped a toppled tree. >> i told him to run this way and i ran that way and luckily it fell right there. so, i feel blessed. >> in northern virginia -- >> a shaking. >> this family is assessing damage after a trade took out part of their chimney and roof. back here live in cheverly, you

see blue tarp on the section of the root of this home. of course, the residents are not here this morning. many saying they feel it could have been much worse. the good news is no injuries reported. brianne carter, abc 7 news. >> police investigate a possible sexual assault aboard a greyhound bus early this morning. police are not sharing much information at this hour but baker told the assault was while the bus was still in the district. at one. helicopter was flying over the scene. we will update you with more details as soon as they come in. >> two prince george's county police officers on administrative leave after investigators look into an officer-involved shooting that critically wounded one man. this was seventh avenue in southeast d.c. john gonzalez has more on what led to the shooting. >> several brought -- several

blocks of southern avenue remain closed. several police officers from d.c. and prince george's county here on the scene. just after 10:00 p.m. police received several 911 calls about a man walking through the oxon hill neighborhood firing at a -- firing a gun at everything in his way. the 800 block of southern avenue in southeast d.c., he ignored their demands and the man began firing at the prince george's county officers and they returned fire striking the gunman several times. >> neither of the two patrol officers were struck thankfully. they will be on routine administrative leave. >> as many of you know, southern avenue provides -- the shootout actually occurred in the d.c. side. prince george's county officers d.c. police have taken over the investigation we will do you

were told they will be here for several hours. reporting live in southeast washington, john gonzales, abc 7 news. >> in the day ahead, a third day of jury deliberations get under way later this morning, the retrial of a former army ranger accused of killing his remake. gary smith is accused of killing michael mcqueen into a thousand 6. smith's convention was fond of last year. smith says maclaine shot himself but prosecutors say he is a cold-blooded killer. >> back-to-school for thousands of students and teachers in chicago. the seven-day strike has been suspended. among the victory is for the teachers, a 4% raise. a relief for parents who had nowhere to send their kids. >> republican vice-presidential pick paul ryan is a battleground virginia today attending a rally at a machine factory in danville.

firstly michelle bauman speaking to students in north carolina. she was first peek at north carolina central university before heading to east carolina university. the republican nominee is all working -- >> at republican nominee mitt romney -- during an appearance at david letterman the president took a jab at him. >> one of the things i learned as president is you were present in the entire country. and my expectation is if you want to be president you have to work for everybody, not just for some. the more romney says he was talking about how the president is going to get close to half the vote in november. the controversy comes as polls show the president and head of romney. >> a house committee taking another look at operation fast and furious. the justice department inspector general will testify about his investigation into the program that may have left guns in the

hands of mexican drug cartels. >> we have 60 degrees, cooler than it was yesterday. still have it, what a woman forgot to take out of her purse. >> and was jesus married? coming up, new evidence

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>> the money, everybody. a harvard university professor may have uncovered evidence jesus was married. ms. say this fragment of a century-old peiris -- this century-old pub peiapyrus. but they say this is not prove jesus was actually married. >> let's check in with the jacqui jeras to see how things might change today. >> kind of comfortable and cloudy now but we will and cooler than normal with plenty of sunshine. a strong cold front that went through yesterday and brought us plenty of rain. in the metro mostly an inch of rain but our whetherbug network shows four inches here. the western portion of our viewing area. a couple of lingering showers

and southern maryland and eastern part of my junior -- virginia. the system really impacted all of the east coast and a real mess at the airports yesterday. today we are expecting better conditions but maybe some delays for you traveling from here to boston to new york city, to philadelphia. look at the cooler temperatures across the great lakes, high temperatures only in the 60's in detroit. today we will see skies mostly sunny here with high temperatures and the upper 60's to the lowest of any's. here's jamie. >> we have been extremely busy, virginia state -- interstate 95. car fire. we have a news chopper 7. let's look overhead here at the woodbridge area. north on 95. it looks like they have stopped all the traffic but you could get by on the service roadway to the far right.

along the left side, you can see all of the white foam. i don't see any flames and smoke left. northbound 95, this is going to be a mess. we already have delays out of dale city across the top of one -- occoquan. >> coming up, latest on the fallout on the attack of the u.s. embassy and libya. >> the nats appear for a doubleheader, but questions remain about whether the team and metro can reach an

>> stories from around the world. at least 26 people are dead after a natural gas pipeline exploded near the mexico-u.s. border. dozens of other workers were hurt and authorities evacuate nearby homes as a precaution.

mexico's state owned oil company said it took 90 minutes to put out the blaze and the pipeline was shut off. no word on what sparked the fire. >> the ninth states temporarily closed its consulate in indonesia's third largest city because of ongoing protest. we have word now from france that because of a french publication satirical publishing of cartoons, the french have -- sent riot police because the cartoons ostensibly and so the profit mohammad and france plans to close schools and embassies in 20 countries as a response to this to try to prevent violence there. as far as indonesia, the third largest city, the consulate, the united states consulate closed because of ongoing protest over the anti-islam film. for the third straight day hundreds demonstrated outside the consulate. protesters want the united states to punish the people

behind the film. funeral services today from one of the four people who died in last week's attack at the consulate in benghazi, libya. the former navels sea seal. libyan authorities say they arrested several people in connection with the attack. inistration is responding to charges the consulate attack in the deal was premeditated. the why houseo back of libyan claims that it was claimed. the say it appears to have been sparked by an anti islam film. he talked about the attack with a late night host david letterman. >> the reality is the ambassador chris stevens, he was on the person who was first in libya and help to advise us and liberating libya from gaddafi the former dictator. so, this was a guy who was actually beloved by the vast majority of libyans. >> do you bogus files to find those responsible.

the film that spark this has been barred in several countries. >> police say a man wrote he was watching kids and would not mind telling them. authority said they found several guns in this house which overlooks the schools. he reportedly reference the cullerton movie shootings and some of his post. >> the second in command of mexico's domestic security agency tried to bring a loaded gun on the plane. the security official said she forgot -- it slipped my mind because she was going to a funeral. tsa cited her with unlawful carrying of a deadly weapon. >> jacqui jeras has the forecast. " this morning and a lot cooler tomorrow morning. >> 10 degrees colder. talking sweaters for sure. last week i wanted a sweater. you are all going to want

sweaters' tomorrow morning. one concern from the lingering storms, i just want to mention how frederick and carroll counties in maryland, of the river is cresting and there have been roads closed. because of that, we expected to be receding. super doppler showing just a couple of sprinkles over the bay. but starting to dry up. we will also be clearing up. you can see the storm front as it moves through. the clearing line just off to the west. the patient because it is coming. but we do have a fair amount of damage. all the blue dots are wind damage reports. about 34 reports of wind damage in the mid atlantic. nationwide about 115. they did do a little bit of a number. a few of you are waking up without power yet this morning but it is down significantly from yesterday. the live picture showing you it is kind of cloudy out there but comfortable as temperatures mostly in the 60's, a couple of

50's of westbury our cold front is offshore. high pressure building in. that will be the big weather feature the next couple of days. skies mostly sunny. 67-72. tonight, mostly clear and cold, 44-54. and you can see, and i swept it -- nice weather back and 80's by the weekend. >> if you use penn trains all operating reduced speed because of the storms. about an hour behind schedule. a car fire, lots of activity interstate 95 virginia in the woodbridge area, to the far right where it looks like traffic merges on. all of the three lanes closed. the bottom of the screen the why phone, it is aware they doused the fully engulfed car fire. the far right side, i should say, those are the age of the lanes and they are open. back to you.

>> we are only in september but not too early to get a jumpstart on holiday shopping. >> apparently -- the hottest toys for the holiday already. the hot toy reservation program where customers can reserve any of the tories. you have to put down 20% of the toy's cost. this year's top hot toys rv doc mix deafens times richard doll, furbygelarti designer studio leap pad 2 teenage mutant ninja turtles secret store letter please set and one direction collector dolls. >> no big surprise apple's stock is flying but american airlines grounded some flight. >> serious concerns of their. >> topping america's money --

it's tough mortgage market. mortgage lending last year hit its lowest point in 16 years. it is a combination of weak demand for the loans and tighter standards for borrower. american airlines as warning of the 11,000 layoffs and cutting flights this fall. and what the pilot staging job actions, a top travel writer says american does not reliable and americans should use another carrier. apple computer flying high, the stock closing over $700 today thanks to strong pre-sales for the iphone fight. the stock is up 73% this year and already the world's most voluble company. you did get a free bellemont today if you don't mind acting a little foolish. it is talk like a pirate day and krspy kreme all reward you for talk like a pirate and if you just completely like what you will get a dozen doughnuts.

>> right field down the line. will it stay fair? yes, it well. rbi -- a pinch-hit single. >> a little more energy had been -- had he been not up for five hours. the o's tufted out for 18 innings, equivalent of two games

against the mariners. because it was on the west coast -- the win pushes them into a tie with the yankees on top of a al east. the nats could not play last night. the game with the dodgers reign doubt but they play two today. >> we do not know at this point will fans able to use metro to get to do get home from the games. jummy olabanji on why one official -- what one fishkill says. >> they are in the run for the world series and a couple of weeks. a night game, extra innings, and then you have to leave early to catch the metro? it happened -- happened a couple of weeks ago and fans were not happy. d.c. council man jack evans says he will do whatever he needs to do so metro stays open early when they do make the playoffs.

it will cost about $30,000 for metro to stay open late per night. councilman evans told our partners at wto be that they have not worked out who will foot the bill. whether the city or the team -- but we know other teams in town had already worked out a deal with metro to keep their doors open late should the teams go into extra innings after midnight when metro does close for its regular schedule. speaking of the playoffs, the nats announced tickets will go on sale this friday, so a couple of days away. the nationals about three wins out of the playoffs. assuming they win all three they would already clinched one of the coveted wild-card spots. if they win another 10 games, they will win in nl east division. this is something the team and the fans really want.

the double header starts at 4:00 this afternoon and the second game starts the 30 minutes after the first game ends. jummy olabanji, abc 7 news. >> thank you so much. appreciate it. still another half-hour of "good morning washington." >> what led

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and i ran that way and luckily it fell right there. i feel blessed. >> straight ahead, cleaning up after the storm. checking on the damage caused by tuesday's strong wind and rain. >> a mother warns parents about how dangerous the metal water bottles can be. wednesday, september 19. i'm steve chenevey. >> i am pamela brown in force and a. jacqui jeras -- the teams like the clouds are clearing out and making for a pleasant day. this close to getting some sunshine. you can see lingering clouds after the storm moved through and that will continue to improve throughout the day. look for sunshine as we head -- just a couple hours away. but when you have clout in the morning it makes your temperature a little warmer so we have 60 at dulles 59 in frederick.

the temperatures will be a good 10 degrees colder this time tomorrow. 63 degrees at 9:00, 67 by noon hour and mostly sunny and nice, about 71 by 5:00. steve and pam, i don't think anybody will complain about it. >> not at all. some of us were fortunate enough to just get some rain but others not so lucky. >> when community hit particularly hard is in cheverly near 59th avenue and 59 road and brianne carter is there but the latest. >> this is now a community of cleanup as they assess the damage, exactly what happened when the powerful storm made its way through here. you can see the magnitude of the size of the trees that caused problems. this is a similar scene across the area -- northern virginia, d.c. maryland, people trying to

figure out exactly what to do next. people had trees toppled on top of their homes, and unfortunately it is a scene we have seen repeated in different districts across the region. the wind and rain came so fast -- knocking down power. we understand there are just about 1000 people left in the dark. the good news is they were able to get the power back on quickly and a number of the neighborhoods. a number of people setting after the summer we had, they are feeling very blessed, that it could have been much worse. >> somebody was looking out for me. i know who it is. >> we have just really been blessed. it could have been worse. >> take a look live at the house. you can see the blue tarp on the section of the roof. the residents are not able to be inside. the fire marshall deeming this house structurally not sound so they have to come back and look at what they can do. it could be weeks if not months before they can get back into

the house. many residents saying they feel lucky nobody was hurt in any of this. brianne carter, abc 7 news. >> a check of traffic with jamie whitten. >> a couple of items -- 66 virginia busy. eastbound 60 fair oaks after the interstate blocked. we are overhead with news chapter -- chapter 7 95, a car fire. it has been extinguished or a while but they are putting the traffic over to the far right the lanes from where route one emerges onto the interstate. if you are coming up the north from the quantico/triangle area, delays from dumfries, bumper-to- bumper up to woodbridge. >> two prince george's county police officers on administrative leave as investigators look into a shooting that left a man critically wounded.

it happened overnight southern avenue in southeast d.c. john gonzalez live with what else was learned. >> several blocks of southern avenue remain closed and you can see a number of police officers from prince george's county and the the district are still here on the scene. just after 10:00 p.m. police received several 911 calls about a man walking through an oxon hill neighborhood firing a gun. apparently shooting at anything in his wife. when police arrived they confronted him at the 800 block of southern avenue ignoring their demands to drop the gun. police say the man began firing at the officers. they returned fire, striking the gunman several times. we understand he has undergone surgery at a hospital and is at critical -- in critical condition. those two prince george's county officers were not wounded. no one else was injured while this man was apparently shooting his gun in this neighborhood.

at this hour, we are told by police have taken over the investigation since the shootout between police and the gunman actually occurred on the d.c. side of southern avenue. they will be here several hours. they are hoping daylight will help with the investigation. john gonzalez, abc7 is. >> a catholic university student hospitalized after barricading himself on campus. police responded just after midnight. the spokesperson of the university says the student barricaded himself inside a room but at some point jumper fell off the fourth floor. he was conscious while being transported to the hospital. >> in the day ahead, a disciplinary hearing for an olympic swimming coach accused of sexually abusing a teenage summer. he was accused of molesting a girl when she was 13 years old and paid the girl and her family of hundred thousand

dollars to keep quiet. >> today is a special day for some local members of the greatest generation. 97-year-old dee paris and a bunch of other world war ii veterans with ties to montgomery county will be honored in a public ceremony at the silver spring civic building. they will be honored for their sacrifice and loyalty. >> well deserved. >> still ahead -- >> we know [ romney ] my plan is

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>> , as can get pricing. >> when you attack on the room and board and dining hall meals it could be more. especially true at fordham university were dorm rooms and meal plans, room and board, more than $15,000 a year, according to the latest rankings from u.s. news and world report. the nationwide average is about $9,000 a year. six grant worth of food. >> i had ramen noodles also what college. >> things are looking better out there. still some clouds keeping the

temperature a little warmer but we will have sunshine very, very soon. for more on that, chief meteorologist doug hill. >> sunrise occurs at 6:53 a.m. this morning, days getting shorter. but let's look at the satellite radar, showing the clouds just skimming through parts of the area. a quick transition into partly to mostly sunny skies today. take a quick look at some of the rainfall totals around the area. pretty impressive. over an inch and a half and clarksburg -- in clarksburg. this morning temperatures in the 60's by and large the we will see then climb to the upper 60's to near 70 a bit later and cooler temperatures tonight. everybody should get to work on time because there are no traffic problems, right? >> no delays -- back to you. i wish it were that way. a couple of problems -- 270, off

of 70 and 15 route 80 and urbana. virginia, a car fire activity and a mess on our hands. northbound 95 as route 1 woodbridge emerges on, the route one commuters coming on just beyond a car fire. everyone stopped in the back of -- patience is needed. 95 delays from dumfries, near the truck scales, just a solid lineup for the commuters. >> pack your patients this morning. olympics no border shaun white apologizing. >> and a warning about the painful dangers of

>> as we check headlines around the world -- syrian rebels have taken control of a border crossing into turkey and opened it to refugees. people moving freely simply by crawling under barbed wire fences. it also helps rebels bring supplies into syria and gain control over certain areas. >> the army is now issuing body armor specially bred for female soldiers. it's tactical best to accommodate smaller torsos and fit closer to win in jest. female soldiers said they are made it difficult to move -- bend over in tight spaces. tonight on abc7 is at 5:00 we focus on women taking control of their careers. nearly 1 million women are employed in construction most doing sales and office work. this evening we will talk about a group of women who decided to change their lives and go for

specialized construction training and they have now formed an all-woman construction company. how they reinvented themselves tonight at 5:00 p.m. the olympic medalist shaun white is apologizing this morning -- he wrote on his face the page he was celebrating a happy occasion monday and got carried away. police said white tried to flee. he was released after being arrested for vandalism and public intoxication charges. 7 is on your side with a warning. a young woman in georgia sent to the hospital for emergency surgery. she was drinking from a metal water bottle when her tongue got stuck in it. paramedics could not get the ball off and a suction actually made the bottle move farther down her tongue. when she got to the hospital it was almost near her wisdom teeth. >> once they got into surgery

they still could not cut it off so the doctor said he had to keep yanking. >> the girl is recovering and is not expected to have any permanent damage to her tongue. she is on end of the audits and as a mouthwash and split to give the swelling down. >> what is scary -- that it happen or the doctors just advised to keep pulling to get it offered some very fortunately it ended well. we will have a better ending to the storms we had yesterday. >> still some cloud lingering but the sun already trying to pop out. a gorgeous afternoon. doug hill with the details. >> let's start with a rooftop camera. sunrise a couple minutes away. certainly a gross the best looking yesterday with heavy clouds and rain. a partly sunny start. hagerstown at 53, 57 and

frederick. -- 57 in frederick. the storms bill affecting coastal new england but the skies will improve today. a nice day breeze, drier air. we will see temperatures climbing into the 70's and the cloud cover will disappear and express forecast will show sunshine today temperatures only 67-72. the seven-day shows improvement with temperatures redoubling as we head toward the end of the week. saturday, first day of autumn -- it could be a late day saturday shower. for an update of the latest traffic, here's jamie. >> baltimore washington parkway commuters northbound crash of the bald white god during as first -- northbound crash on the beltway gone. and this is north of falls road

before 20. southdown, track record is, all of the lanes are open. a lot going on, delays from father hurley boulevard. again, looking at 270. right side northbound. virginia, we need some good news and finally we have it. it will be a while to clear up the mess. look at this one -- even a feeder roads to merge onto 95, i would give it time to clear up. car fire activity at route 1 woodbridge of the past hour and all the lane stopped. now they just reopens the lanes but look at the lineup. pamela steve, back to you. >> just a sea of red. this afternoon on katie she focuses on the billion dollar business of hair. she will throw on a weaker cells and hit the streets of new york city. guests include windy williams and will show off her wig collection. right here on abc7.

we have 59 degrees on this wednesday. the wednesday express is coming up. >> a rundown of the top stories and what you need to know when you walk

>> coming up -- called on camera, and wife under surveillance in her home by her own husband tracking every move for months. now she is asking him to pay up.

the secret recordings at the heart of a bitter legal battle next on gma. >> time for the ones the express. >> we will start with a live roundup of the top stories. brianne carter in cheverly. >> here it is a day of picking up the pieces and assessing damage. taking a look behind me, you can see this tree has been cut down after the damage caused to the home. you can see the tarp on the roof. unfortunately is similar scene in a number of areas across the region, from here in maryland to d.c. and virginia bank. yesterday, the heavy rain and high winds knocking down even some power lines as well. we understand at this point of thousand people to about baroque regent without power. but good news, no major injuries reported. >> still an active investigation of southern avenue where a man apparently was randomly shooting his gun out and opened late last night.

when police arrived, they confronted him and he allegedly began firing at have a prince george's county officers. they returned fire, striking him several times. he is in critical condition at this hour. the officers were not wounded. they have been placed on administrative leave. >> the washington nationals just about three games away from making this year's playoffs and d.c. councilman jack evans has said he will do whatever he needs to do to make sure the metro stays open late should at the nats have any late-night games here at the park. there is a double header here today, which starts at 4:00. >> thank you so much. here are the things you need to know before you leave. france has stepped up security and one of its embassies after a newspaper in paris published crude caricatures -- characters of the prophet mohammed. >> some embassies, consulates, and international french schools will be close on friday for fears of violence.

>> there will be eight to buy stations in alexandria, at king street and braddock road. >> if you stayed up to walk to the entire orioles game, go to sleep. the game went 18 innings and last until 4:00 this morning. in the end, they one 4-2. >> for more information on any of the stores, go to wjla.com and look for the wednesday expressed tab. >> let's get your express forecast. starting to get better out there already. skies are trying to clear out. looking for 63 at 9:00, 67 by the noon hour and 71 and nights at 5:00. we will gradually warm things up as we approach the weekend. the next chance of rain does not come in until late saturday until early sunday. hopefully most of the days will be fine so it should not interfere with your weekend plans. let's check on how things are going with the traffic. >> thank you so much.

we have been extremely busy. news chopper 7 -- interstate 95, if this is your route coming north out of the triangle area and heading toward dumfries, avoid it for a while. northbound 95, look at the lineup, cedar road, cannot even merge into the back up. almost everyone shut down with a car fire and route 1 woodbridge but within the past 10 minutes they reopened the lanes. it will be about recovery now. expect this to be so for quite a while in va -- virginia. i sat in that traffic and it makes you want to go right home back to bed. "good morning america" what is coming up next. sesame street will be there. and a talk with robin roberts doctor. >> thank you so much for watching and [ male announcer ]

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